Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #394
-- 7/8/05
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL:
FALLING
BEHIND
THE
AYATOLLAHS
AND
THE
COMMUNISTS
Iran
and
Communist
China
are
overtaking
the
United
States
in
reforming
policies
lying
at
the
intersection
of
the
drug
war
and
AIDS.
- FEATURE:
THE
DOWNING
STREET
DRUG
MEMO
A
suppressed
British
government
report
told
Tony
Blair
two
years
ago
the
drug
war
has
failed.
- FEATURE:
TWO
MILLION
IS
TOO
MANY
--
GRASSROOTS
MARCH
AGAINST
MASS
IMPRISONMENT
AIMS
AT
WASHINGTON,
DC
A
broad
and
diverse
coalition
is
coming
together
next
month
to
protest
the
mass
incarceration
of
their
loved
ones,
friends,
and
countrymen.
- FEATURE:
DAMN
MAD
DAD
USES
ANCIENT
VIDEO
CLIPS
IN
ANTI-MEDICAL
MARIJUANA
SMEAR
CAMPAIGN
A
New
York
anti-drug
activist
has
edited
together
video
clips
from
more
than
ten
years
ago
to
attempt
to
smear
the
medical
marijuana
issue.
But
the
tape
fails
to
deliver
the
damning
evidence
its
maker
promises.
- ANNOUNCEMENT:
SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE
TO
DRUG
POLICY
REFORM
CONFERENCE
IN
LONG
BEACH
THIS
NOVEMBER
Are
you
an
activist
who
wants
to
go
to
the
national
drug
reform
conferences
but
can
never
afford
it?
There
may
be
a
scholarship
for
you.
- THE
LONG
MARCH:
NOW
ADOPTS
STANCE
OPPOSING
DRUG
WAR
--
AFTER
PRODDING
FROM
ACTIVISTS
Meeting
for
its
annual
convention
in
Knoxville
last
weekend,
the
National
Organization
for
Women
(http://www.now.org)
approved
a
resolution
opposing
the
current
drug
war
and
calling
instead
for
an
approach
to
drug
use,
abuse,
and
addiction
that
emphasizes
compassion,
health,
and
human
rights.
- CAMPUS:
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT
ERROR
ON
HEA
DRUG
PROVISION
DETERRED
PEOPLE
WITH
DRUG
CONVICTIONS
FROM
APPLYING
FOR
STUDENT
AID
The
US
Dept.
of
Education
last
week
fixed
an
error
on
its
financial
aid
web
site
that
deterred
some
would-be
students
with
drug
convictions
who
might
have
regained
their
eligibility.
But
the
deadline
for
applying
had
passed
the
day
before.
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
This
week
we
have
a
Texas
twofer
featuring
a
wheeling-dealing
sheriff
and
a
pot-selling
cop,
a
New
Hampshire
drug
task
force
with
problems,
yet
another
drug-dealing
prison
guard
in
New
Mexico,
and
a
coke-selling
cop
in
Tennessee.
- LATIN
AMERICA:
BRAZIL
RECOGNIZES
HARM
REDUCTION
Harm
reduction
programs
such
as
needle
exchanges
have
been
underway
in
Brazil
for
at
least
15
years,
but
have
always
operated
in
the
legal
shadows.
Not
anymore.
- ASIA:
INDONESIA
COURT
REOPENS
CORBY
TRIAL
FOR
NEW
WITNESSES
In
a
surprise
move,
the
court
that
convicted
Schapelle
Corby
of
marijuana
smuggling
and
sentenced
her
to
20
years
has
agreed
to
hear
new
witnesses
that
supporters
say
could
win
her
freedom.
- ASIA:
GAO
WARNS
AFGHANISTAN
EFFORT
ENDANGERED
BY
DRUGS,
TERRORISTS
Afghanistan
is
in
danger
of
once
again
become
a
"haven
for
terrorists,"
according
to
the
US
Government
Accountability
Office,
and
"limited"
progress
in
suppressing
Afghanistan's
booming
opium
trade
is
a
factor.
- METHAMPHETAMINE:
IN
MOVE
TO
RESTORE
FUNDING
CUTS,
LOCAL
OFFICIALS
DUB
METH
PUBLIC
ENEMY
#1
A
raft
of
news
articles
about
methamphetamine
accompanied
the
release
of
a
police
chiefs
survey.
But
the
subtext
was
funding.
- OPIATE
MAINTENANCE:
KING
COUNTY
(SEATTLE)
SEEKS
APPROVAL
TO
PROVIDE
METHADONE
FOR
IMPRISONED
ADDICTS
King
County,
Washington's
jail
hopes
to
become
the
second
in
the
country
to
provide
methadone
maintenance
to
imprisoned
addicts.
- REPORT:
TAXPAYERS
FOR
COMMON
SENSE
ON
FAILED
ANTI-MARIJUANA
POLICY
A
report
by
the
nonpartisan
think
tank
Taxpayers
for
Common
Sense
has
criticized
government
spending
against
marijuana.
- WEB
SCAN
Change
The
Climate
Flash
Animation,
Pain
and
the
Law
Report,
Boston
and
Providence
Phoenix
on
Medical
Marijuana
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- JOB
OPPORTUNITIES:
ACLU
DRUG
LAW
REFORM
PROJECT
The
ACLU
Drug
Law
Reform
Project
is
hiring
for
the
positions
of
National
Field
Organizer
and
Advocacy
Associate.
- JOB
OPPORTUNITY:
STUDENTS
FOR
SENSIBLE
DRUG
POLICY
Students
for
Sensible
Drug
Policy
is
seeking
applications
for
the
position
of
Legislative
Director.
- JOB
OPPORTUNITY:
ACLU
OF
WASHINGTON
DRUG
LAW
REFORM
PROJECT
The
ACLU
of
Washington
is
seeking
a
Campaign
Manager
for
the
Drug
Law
Reform
Project
in
its
Seattle
office.
- ERRATA
Moises
Hernandez
Case
- WEEKLY:
THE
REFORMER'S
CALENDAR
Showing
up
at
an
event
can
be
the
best
way
to
get
involved!
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